exploiting

[ik-sploi-ting] / ɪkˈsplɔɪ tɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

corrupt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crooked fraudulent nefarious rotten shady unethical unscrupulous untrustworthy venal

STRONG

base bent debauched fixed foul open padded profiteering reprobate suborned tainted

WEAK

bribable double-dealing extortionate faithless fast and loose gone to the dogs inconstant iniquitous knavish mercenary on the take perfidious praetorian racket up snide treacherous two-faced underhanded unfaithful unprincipled wide open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ethical good honest honorable moral respectable trustworthy

STRONG

clean pure

WEAK

decent helpful high kind noble principled purified sound truthful uncorrupt upright wholesome

Example Sentences

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“For the most part, they are exploiting known vulnerabilities,” said Ari Ben Am, an adjunct fellow at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

By exploiting this shared structure, they were able to compute key quantities within the theories more efficiently.

From Science Daily

The government said it hopes this will stop third-party companies "exploiting vulnerable learners and make the whole process more transparent".

From BBC

Your late cousin’s estranged husband appears to be confusing occupancy with ownership, and exploiting this woman’s death to take possession of this house.

From MarketWatch

France has concerns, such is its own vast debts, and fears exploiting the frozen assets could undermine the stability of the eurozone.

From BBC

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